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The prosecution is prepared to prove...
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that the removal of Lieutenant Commander
Oueeg was not justified...
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by any provision
of the U.S. Navy regulations...
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and consequently constituted the making
of a mutiny against legal authority.
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We'll also submit psychiatric testimony,
establishing, without a doubt...
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that Lieutenant Commander Queeg
is a sane, intelligent officer...
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and should not have been relieved.
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No statement at this time.
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In order to establish
the circumstances...
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the prosecution would like to first call
Ensign Willis Keith.
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Mr. Keith, were you the officer
of the deok on the D.M.S. Caine...
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during the morning of July 31st?
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Yes.
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Was the captain relieved by
the executive officer during that watch?
1:29:54
-Yes, sir.
-Do you know why he took that action?
1:29:57
I do.
1:30:00
The captain lost control of himself, and
the ship was in danger of foundering.
1:30:04
Have you ever been in a ship
that foundered?
1:30:07
-No, sir.
-How long have you been in the navy?
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Just over a year.
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Do you know how many years Lieutenant
Commander Queeg served at sea?
1:30:17
-No.
-As a matter of fact...
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he's served over eight years.
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Which of you is better qualified
to judge if a ship is foundering?
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Myself, sir...
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when l'm in possession of my faculties
and Commander Queeg is not.
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Tell me, just how would you describe
this loss of faculties?
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Did the captain rave
or make insane gestures?
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Well, no.
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After being relieved,
did he go violently crazy?
1:30:47
He was never wild or raving
either before or after being relieved.
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There are other forms
of mental illness.
1:30:52
Thank you for your expert opinion.
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Are you aware he's been pronounced
rational by 3 qualified psychiatrists?